this morning on "world news now." just in time for the holidays, a government shutdown has been averted. >> congress passes a month-long extension that keeps the government going for at least a few more weeks. what's next? and the great holiday get away has already started. about a third of americans will be hopping in a car, on a plane or train to get to holiday destinations. and many of you will be facing blizzard-like conditions. some will see new airport security measures in place and new equipment as well to speed up the process and get you there a little easier. the manhunt is on to find a possible

terrorizing drivers in california. ten vehicles hit by gun tifire the past month. stop me if you've heard this one before. will smith and a crime-fighting partner take on fantastical bad guys. you can decide on this friday, december 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ here comes men in black >> sounds a little familiar. ♪ m, m, m, m, m >> yeawe're going to start this half hour with congress averting a shutdown. >> they passed a temporary spending bill to keep agencies running for another month and president trump is expected to sign it. but disputes over health care and immigration and other issues

kenneth moten has the details. >> reporter: the house and the senate. >> the motion to concur is agreed to. >> we are working together to ensure that there are no lapses in services. >> reporter: they fund the government through january 19. >> i hope the future will be different. and they will learn they're better served by bipartisanship rather than gridlock and strife. >> reporter: the children's health insurance program, chip, which provides health care for 9 million children now funded through the end of march. the white house has indicated it's ready to back the short-term funding. president trump tweeted, democrats wanted a shutdown for the holidays in order to distract from the very popular, just-passed tax break. >> newsbreak, the republicans cont

signature of the white house. they have the ability to keep congress open. >> reporter: spending for health care and d.r.e.a.m.ers, the house voted to for an $81 billion package to help victims of hurricanes but the senate did not take it up. the u.n. condemns president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. it came after the president threatened to cut off aid for countries that did not take america's side. a threat from nikki haley was largely ignored. >> united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sove

>> that resolution is non-binding. haley said it would make no difference in oust plans to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. mike pence made a surprise visit to afghanistan. he met with a small group at bagram air base. pence wished the troops a merry ch christmas and told them president trump is committed to staying in that fight. earlier he met with afghanistan's president in kabul. president trump goes to florida today for the holiday. he traveled to walter reed medical center to meet with wounded soldiers and their families. the president called the nation's wounded warriors some of the bravest people anywhere in the world and awarded a purple heart to a 25-year-old lute who was injurlieutenant wh by a

nearly 100 million people are expected to travel for the christmas and new year's holidays. a 3% increase over last year. >> some will have to deal with a storm as they make their travel. that storm is going across the country, and there are winter weather advisories in states from utah to massachusetts. snow is already hitting some areas. there are concerns about icing and heavy rains in the northeast today. here's accuweather's melissa constanzer with more on what to expect this weekend. >> good morning, kendis, diane. we are looking at heavy rain in the southeast. so expect travel troubles, especially as we go later in the afternoon and into tomorrow morning. some places will pick up two to three inches. flash flooding is a concern, so be extra cautious on the roadways, and that rain extends into the northeast as we head into saturday. we're talking about the i-95 corridor to boston getting rain, not snow, but rain. so that will create travel concerns there. meanwhile snow out to the northwest. taking you into su

swath of snow toward st. louis. a couple rain showers as you go to the southeast, but things are getting a bit quieter, and then it's all about the cold as we head into christmas day, kendis, diane? >> quite a bit of cold moving into chicago over the weekend. more than 6 million people will fly to their destination. and many will see new airport security equipment at work. the goal of the new automated screening system is supposedly to speed up the process, yet travelers will be asked to remove any device larger than a cell phone from their carry-on bag. u.s. law enforcement says there's no specific intelligence about any pending threat. and we do have breaking news in the meantime. the legendary sports broadcaster, dick enberg has died. he spent most of his nearly 60-year career with enbanbc, cag everything from nfl, to boxing and horse racing. he

my" to many plays. his family briefs elieves he su a heart attack. he was 82 years old. and the man who's accused of slamming a suv into a crowd of pedestrians in australia tells police i heahe heard voices. and he blames some of his actions on the mistreatment of muslims. at least 12 people were hurt in that attack. and at least 29 people are dead and 29 others injured in south korea's worst fire in years. flames engulfed an eight-storey sports center. most of the dead were women using a public bath. investigators believe the fire started in a parking lot. officials say it does not appear

south korean president moon jae-in visits the site. >> the olympic torch was supposed to go by that site but has been rerouted. one was killed and another injured in a house explosion in phoenix. a gas leak likely caused that blast. witnesses say a new gas stove was being delivered at the time of the blast. the mother and three children who live at the home are safe. an investigation is in its early stages. and there's another update on that wild race for a political seat in virginia. we finally know how they're going to pick a winner. >> so this has been a strange back and forth, cue the vote 2016, where are we? 2017. >> almost. you nailed it. >> music. this is going to continue through 2018. >> it just might. >> shelly simonds, after last month's

ahead by ten votes, but then a recount gave simonds a one-point lead. and then the examination of one more ballot left it here with a tie. >> dead even. so according to state law, a tie has to be broken by lot. so next wednesday the winner's name will be pulled from a film canister. i still think it should go rock pap paper scissors shoe! oh, yes, i am the new delegate of virginia. would you go with the battery approach or the rubbing the sticks thing. >> i know we're making fun of it, but it's the balance of the legislature that hasn't changed in decades in virginia. >> if the seat goes to simonds, the house of delegates will be split 50/50, which will be a big change. >> four tr the first time, republicans would not have control. >> and if you're

to hold on. so there's a lot at stake, and it's going to come down to picking a name out of a canister. >> yes, america 2017. coming up, will smith, sounded like america 1997, in the role of a lifetime, but not according to reviews. we'll hear from smith and his co-star about his dungeons and dragons type charactering. and the hunt for the serial highway shooter in california and how police pieced together ten separate shootings. and remember to find us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "world news now." oh, sorry i'm late, sir. i had a doctor's appointment. when you said you were at the doctor, but your shirt says you were at a steakhouse... that's when you know it's half-washed. now from downy fabric conditioner comes downy odor protect with 24-hour odor protection.

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scary scene in cincinnati as a man entering a hospital pulls out two guns. he shot an unarmed security guard twice in the torso and also opened fire on a cincinnati officer responding to the scene. authorities say the suspect later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. and the coroner is out with new information about the las vegas concert shooting rampage. all 58 of the

in that attack were from gunshot wounds and that no one died after being trampled trying to escape. the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot. police and the fbi have not said publicly what they believe was the motive for the attack. and florida police are searching for two bikers involved in the death of a trucker. they say it was not a random shooting. the victim is believed to have been a member of a motorcycle gang. next the hunt for a possible serial shooter targeting two california counties. ten vehicles have been hit by gunfire in the last month. >> witnesses describe striking similarities between all the incidents, and matt gutman has more on the urgent investigation. >> reporter: authorities say an unknown driver is terrorizing rural california. raking vehicles with gunfire. >> if this keeps going, it's going to be a matter of time before we have a murder investigation.

hit the past month around the fresno area. this map shows the density of the attacks. >> it is random, again, we only have one person so far that has been injured. >> reporter: police say there are two connected threats. the shootings happen near morning or evening rush hour and a dark-colored pickup with large tires. >> they hear a large bang from a vehicle going the opposite way. >> reporter: one female victim struck in the chest with shrapnel. authorities tell me it is pure luck no one has been killed so far. they aren't certain of the make and model of the vehicle they're looking fire much less the identity of the person driving it. matt gutman, los angeles. >> quite a mystery in california. coming up in the next half hour. we're putting on helmets and shoulder pads because tomorrow could be the busiest shoppin

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"men in black", and tommy lee jones is sitting this one out. >> as in the bad guys of "lord of the rings." and they're lapd cops. >> reporter: bright and big and bold and unlike anything you've ever seen. give me one word to describe the movie "bright." >> bizarre. >> twisted. training day meets "lord of the rings". >> reporter: when you go around talking about this movie, yes there are going to be faeries. >> imagine all the creatures coming forward into modern day. and now we're in modern day los angeles, but there's ork. >> i'm the first ork. >> reporter: i have to

ork. a mythical goblin creature. >> the first ork to be allowed on the pd is part of a training program. >> reporter: we never see edgerton's face. his transformation takes three hours every day. he is touched by the film's message about the world we live in. >> in the movie, i'm a black police officer, but my character's racist against orks. sort of a flip of social hierarchy. >> it's a fairy tale that allows you to talk about stuff we don't like to talk or sometimes we don't talk about enough, in terms of how we treat other people in society. >> we just have to treat each other a little bit nicer. >> reporter: the film most expensive ever made by netflix cost $90 million to make. it maybe precedent setting in how we go to the movies. this could be the new way where you can watch it in the theater

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yeah, feeling a little -- >> it's actually pretty cool. >> take that pitch perfect. so an ohio couple in the meantime gave an interesting gift to teachers, to their kids' teachers. >> i now want to be a teacher. >> wine for christmas with homemade labels of their son's face, saying they needed something a little stronger than a mug for coffee. >> no apple this year. >> it was as a joke, but i'm thinking they're all saying thank you. >> no apples. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> let's polka. from christmas in new york's christmas village, we present "the mistletoes." ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ all the weather, all the scores ♪ ♪ that's world news polka ♪ if you're an insomniac no ♪ and a good night's sleep you lack ♪ ♪ do the world news polka

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this morning on "world news now," millions of people are on the move for the holidays. a record number this year, passengers on one airline already dealing with some tense moments as their flight made an emergency landing. this as we track a storm system moving across the country. the u.n. general assembly has overwhelmingly defied the united states despite a warning from president trump. it condemned the president's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. see how the u.s. is responding. and there's a new warning from oprah. >> the media mogul has posted, warning viewers, someone is pretending to be her on social media and asking for money. she says the whole thing is a fraud.